LET me put this out there straight away. A de facto referendum is just about the worst possible way to settle the constitutional future of…
ALBA – WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG
So it wasn’t so much a ‘supermajority’ it was more electoral ignominy. Coming in at 1.7% the Alba Party didn’t rise like a phoenix but…
A PLEBISCITE CAN’T GET US TO INDEPENDENCE
With just a few weeks to go till the May Holyrood elections there are still some in the wider Yes movement hankering to turn that…
WHAT HAPPENS IF BORIS SAYS NO?
So that’s another 2 opinion polls confirming that Yes remains the majority choice of the people of Scotland. 14 opinion polls in a row this…
THE 2019 ELECTION CHANGED EVERYTHING
It’s a year to the day since the 2019 General Election was called and it will go down as the election that changed everything around…
PLAN B IS NOT THE ANSWER
So it looks like Plan B is to be debated at conference and the party will have a chance to decide if this is indeed…
THE CRISIS IN UNIONISM
What has happened to unionism? 6 years after a decisive win in the first independence referendum its prospects have never been so grim and its…
THE PEOPLE’S ACTION ON SECTION 30
Dear Martin Thank you very much for your email asking me and my fellow MPs to contribute to your fundraiser. Where I want to wish…
A ROUTE MAP TO INDEPENDENCE
Who would have thought that five and a half years after losing a referendum on independence support is now edging over 50% and becoming a…
PLAN B. PANACEA OR ANOTHER DEAD END?
So plan B is back. This time with an opinion poll which seems to suggest it comes with majority public support. Always there as a…